The 'Sophistication' of Exports: A New Measure of Product Characteristics
Lall, Sanjaya; Weiss, John; Zhang, Jinkang | January 2005
Abstract
As the organization of trade changes with ‘fragmentation’, there is also interest among developing countries in entering production networks that have the potential to raise exports and transfer new skills and technology.3 Since, as noted, activities differ in the extent to which they can fragment, it is useful to analyze ‘fragmentability’ by looking at product characteristics like process divisibility, the value-to-weight ratio of components, technological needs and so on.
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Lall, Sanjaya; Weiss, John; Zhang, Jinkang. 2005. The 'Sophistication' of Exports: A New Measure of Product Characteristics. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3611. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Asian Development Bank
Development
Trade
Development Goals
Skills Development
Sustainable Development
Trade Flows
Trade And Development
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